[{"bbox": [158, 153, 1072, 203], "category": "Text", "text": "Women are often at the forefront of the struggle for truth, justice and reparations, often in a hostile environment."}, {"bbox": [158, 218, 1073, 324], "category": "Text", "text": "In spite of increase in the number of children with disabilities enrolled in special schools in 2016-2018, and the increase in the number of teachers and support staff in special education, accessibility issues in connection with educational institutions and public hospitals for persons with disabilities are reported by civil society."}, {"bbox": [158, 337, 1073, 709], "category": "Text", "text": "**Lack of regular and sufficient access to water, sanitation, health services (including sexual and reproductive rights), education and energy** are a long-lasting challenge in many communities. Investments in public service infrastructure have been neglected due to a combination of mismanagement and the inability to import the supplies needed to ensure maintenance and operation. The public health system in general has limited capacity. This is due to a combination of factors, including shortages of medicines and supplies, lack of regular water and electricity and migration of health professionals. The entrenched political stalemate, reflected by the halted Mexico talks, in an international context of sanctions, is not currently facilitating a resolution of the complex economic and social crisis, and has led to the loss of faith in citizens in state institutions. This, added to economic instability and the mass exodus of Venezuelans, has weakened the social fabric. The local and community level is the space where the identification and implementation of small-scale solutions in basic services currently have the greatest chance of bearing fruit. This is where bottom-up transformation can be promoted and trust restored through dialogue on neutral issues of concern to the community as a whole, and the social fabric can be strengthened."}, {"bbox": [158, 719, 1073, 907], "category": "Text", "text": "Regarding gender aspects related to the action, negative stereotypes and patriarchal attitudes adversely affect women in public and private media, and sexist and discriminatory language targeting women who had disagreed with the Government had been used in official media outlets. In addition, there is an absence of a legal framework for women's participation and gender parity, the discretionary actions of the National Electoral council, the absence of regulatory enforcement measures and the lack of visibility of the role played by women in elected office can be highlighted. As of February 2021, only 22.2% of seats in parliament were held by women."}, {"bbox": [158, 918, 1073, 1105], "category": "Text", "text": "In Venezuela, the **effects of the COVID-19** pandemic have continued to compound the protracted multi-dimensional crisis resulting into further insecurity, patchy supplies of running water and access to electricity and gasoline, loss of income and severely diminished food production capacity as well as physical and sexual violence against women. The social quarantine and the state of alarm imposed by the government as a response to the pandemic have led to an increase in the harassment and attacks against human rights defenders and against media and health professionals trying to report on the real extent of the pandemic and sanitary crisis in the country."}, {"bbox": [158, 1117, 1073, 1171], "category": "Text", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders** and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues to be covered by the action:"}, {"bbox": [162, 1183, 520, 1210], "category": "Section-header", "text": "1. Civil Society active in Venezuela:"}, {"bbox": [158, 1222, 1073, 1330], "category": "Text", "text": "Main stakeholders of the Action are the Venezuelan civil society at large, working on a variety of issues throughout the country, including organisation representing people with disabilities and youth as well as women organisations, organisations with disabilities and other organisations representing more marginalised groups."}, {"bbox": [158, 1341, 1073, 1607], "category": "Text", "text": "As regards operational capacity and constraints, civil society faces challenges in capacity, both on general issues linked to civil society resilience, alliance building and public advocacy and on specific issues of safety and security and working with international human rights mechanisms. Due to a complex number of issues and a criticism-averse Maduro government, civic space is very limited and there is no direct policy dialogue between civil society and the government. In some cases, in particular as regards human rights projects, civil society has become wearier to give too much visibility to donor (including EU) support, against the background of official discourse criminalising recipients of foreign funding as destabilising forces. The social quarantine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has limited freedom of movement and gatherings. This, compounded with continued shortages of fuel and public services in particular outside Caracas, posed difficulties in"}, {"bbox": [976, 1690, 1082, 1715], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 26"}]